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((for|the album by Al Atkins|Victim of Changes (album)))
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((Infobox song
| name     = Victim of Changes
| cover    =
| alt      =
| artist   = [[Judas Priest]]
| album    = [[Sad Wings of Destiny]]
| released = ((Start date|1976|03|23|df=y))
| recorded = November–December 1975
| studio   = Rockfield, [[Wales]]
| genre    = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]<ref name="Popoff"/>
| length   = 7:47
| label    = Gull
| writer   = 
* [[Al Atkins]]
* [[Rob Halford]]
* [[K. K. Downing]]
* [[Glenn Tipton]]
| producer = 
* Jeffery Calvert
* Max West
* Judas Priest
))

"'''Victim of Changes'''" is a song by English [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Judas Priest]], featured on their 1976 studio album ''[[Sad Wings of Destiny]]''. Adrien Begrand, writing for ''[[PopMatters]]'', claimed the song changed the course of metal history.<ref name="begrand">((cite news|last=Begrand|first=Adrien|title=Born to Lead, At Breakneck Speed|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/judaspriest-metalogy/|access-date=24 September 2015|newspaper=[[PopMatters]]|date=9 August 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003230718/http://www.popmatters.com/review/judaspriest-metalogy/|archive-date=3 October 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy-all))</ref> Vocalist [[Rob Halford]]'s performance is considered one of his finest ever. The guitar work is noted as well;<ref>((cite book|last=Prown|first=Pete| author-link =Pete Prown|title=Legends of rock guitar: the essential reference of rock's greatest guitarists|year=1997|publisher=[[Hal Leonard]]|isbn=9780793540426|pages=186|author2=HP Newquist|author2-link=HP Newquist|author3=Jon F. Eiche ))</ref> Bob Gendron praised the song's "landslide riffs" in the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''.<ref>((cite news|last=Gendron|first=Bob|title=New boxed sets link Black Sabbath, Judas Priest once again|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=25 April 2004|page=12))</ref> The song has come to be regarded as one of the band's classics,<ref>((cite book|last=Bogdanov|first=Vladimir| author-link =Vladimir Bogdanov (editor)|title=All music guide to rock: the definitive guide to rock, pop, and soul|year=2002|publisher=Hal Leonard|isbn=978-0-87930-653-3|pages=606, 605|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bgn9SGmA4dkC&pg=PA605|author2=Chris Woodstra |author3=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |author3-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine ))</ref> and [[Martin Popoff]] listed it at ((Numero|17)) in his "Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time".<ref name="Popoff">((cite book|last=Popoff|first=Martin|author-link=Martin Popoff|title=Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time|year=2003|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1-55022-530-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=86QALKyWGHQC&q=%22Victim+of+Changes%22+judas+priest|access-date=20 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215075623/https://books.google.com/books?id=86QALKyWGHQC&q=%22Victim+of+Changes%22+judas+priest&dq=%22Victim+of+Changes%22+judas+priest&hl=en&ei=DCK1TO3wLoO78gbkh6STDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwADgK|archive-date=15 February 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all))</ref>

The song is a combination of two songs by two Judas Priest singers: "Whiskey Woman",<ref name="begrand"/> by Priest founder [[Al Atkins]] and guitarist [[K. K. Downing]], and "Red Light Lady" by later singer Rob Halford.<ref>((cite web|title=Rev. of ''Dawn of the Metal Gods''|url=http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/104458-new-book-dawn-of-the-metal-gods-my-life-in-judas-priest-and-heavy-metal-by-al-atkins.html|publisher=[[AltSounds]]|access-date=13 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812195226/http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/104458-new-book-dawn-of-the-metal-gods-my-life-in-judas-priest-and-heavy-metal-by-al-atkins.html|archive-date=12 August 2010|url-status=live|df=dmy-all))</ref> Live versions of the song appear on several of the band's live albums, such as ''[[Unleashed in the East]]'', ''[['98 Live Meltdown]]'' and ''[[Live in London (Judas Priest album)|Live in London]]''.

==Background==

Judas Priest formed in 1969 in [[Birmingham]].  Vocalist co-founder [[Al Atkins]] chose the band's name((sfn|Popoff|2007|p=16)) and contributed to much of the band's early material.((sfn|Daniels|2007|p=))  One of these songs was "Whiskey Woman", co-written with guitarist [[K. K. Downing]],((sfn|Popoff|2007|p=30)) which later became part of "Victim of Changes" along with "Red Light Lady" by Atkins' replacement [[Rob Halford]],((sfn|Daniels|2007|p=)) which he brought from his previous band, Hiroshima.((sfn|Popoff|2007|p=31)) Judas Priest often opened with "Red Light Lady" after Halford joined.  The band recorded demos of "Victim of Changes", as well as "The Ripper", "Genocide", and "Tyrant" while making their first album, ''[[Rocka Rolla]]'' (1974), but did not release these songs until their second album, ''Sad Wings of Destiny'' (1976).((sfn|Daniels|2007|p=))

==Composition==
((unreferenced section|date=June 2020))
The song opens with a fade-in dual guitar passage that flows into the song's main riffs. A linear pattern is followed until the [[staccato]] section in the bridge. The song's first main guitar solo follows afterward, played by [[K. K. Downing]]. The bridge section finishes and goes into a lighter, more mellow section that soon intensifies. The second solo, played by [[Glenn Tipton]], comes during the heavy section. The song returns to the main riff and finishes with Rob Halford's banshee-like screams. The lyrics are about a failing relationship due to a woman's alcoholism. The song is written in the key of [[E minor]].

==Reception and legacy==

"Victim of Changes" became a frequently-performed favorite amongst Judas Priest fans.((sfn|Popoff|2007|pp=129, 218))  When Halford left the group in the 1990s, his replacement [[Tim "Ripper" Owens]] auditioned with "Victim of Changes" and "[[The Ripper (song)|The Ripper]]".((sfn|Popoff|2007|p=243)) Other artists have recorded the song. [[Van Halen]] played the song in the group's early club days.((sfn|Popoff|2007|p=30)) [[Al Atkins]], former singer for Judas Priest and co-writer of the song, recorded the song for his 1998 [[Victim of Changes (album)|album of the same name]].((sfn|Daniels|2007|p=))((sfn|Popoff|2007|p=4))

==References==
((Reflist|20em))

===Works cited===

((Refbegin|40em))

* ((cite book
|last       = Daniels
|first      = Neil
|author-link = Neil Daniels
|title      = The Story of Judas Priest: Defenders of the Faith
|url        = https://books.google.com/books?id=qRTEsW44NDQC
|year       = 2007
|publisher  = Omnibus Press
|isbn       = 978-0-85712-239-1
))
* ((cite book
|last       = Popoff
|first      = Martin
|author-link = Martin Popoff
|title      = Judas Priest: Heavy Metal Painkillers—An Illustrated History
|year       = 2007
|publisher  = ECW Press
|isbn       = 978-1-55022-784-0
))

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